The Monitor., 1887-09-02

2 AN 81 IL hepJ gum On uuJil wall cNeL-
in, when ther' KEN a rap at the dure at
the time | was expectin' tn see George, an
/ sez, "Come inr' an Miss Cherry's eyes
frightened, an who should walk in but
the old gintleman, Mr. Gaskell, himself.
Ow! WOW sez l to myself His eyes snap
ped, but he was as polite as dancin' mas
ter. "Miss Bashford," sez he, 81 pre-
sumo, payin' no attention to me, the mis-
tress of the mansion, which wasn't high
bradin'; but he spoke as soft as priest.
She couldn't say word for the life of her,
poor girl; butshe bowed. ''Ihave heard Of
Georges visits here, he said, "and have
called to have reasonable talk with you
May l ask your given name?" sez he
CHERRY, sir" "Ah! yes, Charity, sup
pose," givin' kind O shtart ''No, sir, :"
she said II was christened Cherry, the
same as my mother" You should have
seen how. he looked at her. ''The same as
your mother?' he sez. 'Fwat-fwdt was
your mothers maiden name?' sez he
"Wellin ton, sez she. "Good heavens"
he sez, JUS so. tAn' what do you do for
livin'?" 81 sew on the machine, sir, !"
she said, as proud as if she'd said, II cut
coopends off my bonds" can you are
Cherry Wellin'ton's daughter?" he sez,
"workin' for your livin' in tiniment
house up four pairs O. stairs. What
changes in life" We both began to stare
at him, an in walks Master George, an he
stared az him, too 'Ahn' sez the ovid
man, an then we all was as still as mice.
AT last the ovid man spoke Whats
yer intintions, young man, sez he, "toords
this young gintlewoman?''
The very heart lept inside O. me whin he
said that, for ladies are ladies, an common
as blackberries, but gintlewoman is COM
pliment.
''AIy intintion, sir" sez George, sis to
make Miss Bashford my wife, if she will
honor me by acceptin' my hand-with your
free consint, hope, but with or without
it."
''And what do you say, Miss-Miss
Cherry"
ooh, sirr' sez she, an she gript his
hand, 81 won't stand bethune father an
son, but''-an' thin she fell to cryin' an
so did |.
SIT strikes me, said the ovid man,
''that you'd better wait to talk about mar
ryin' widout me consint when you've
axed an been refused sez he, JUS so.
81 do AK ye, sir, sez George, but he
spoke kind o dazed.
''Ax Miss Cherry sez the ovid man,
IAN av she sez yes, SO will |. Yer bor-
ryin' trouble, young man, which ye can do
aisy at amy time widout interest"
Thin there wus time.
| didn't larn the rights of it thin, but
did after The ovid man had been dead
in love wild Cherrys mother whin she was
a gerril an she cast him off an married
Cyrus Bashford, who was no good, an he
spint her money an kilt himself wild the
drink. Bit by bit they wint down, until
his wildly died an left Cherry to take care
of herself, an well she did it. How they
two young ones got acquainted | niver got
the rights of-sure l couldn't be pokin' an
pryia'. Anyhow they got married an |
was at the weddin, among all the rich
folks, in a new gown, though stud in the
back, as oekem me whin among the
quality.
Well the week after the weddn' an they
off to spind ther time abroad, l wint into
the buildin' here wild my basket, and what
should l see but this beautiful stand heaped
wild apples an paynuts and candies; and
my heart fell, for l said, "There's an ind
O my business here" The janitor sez to
me, sez he; eyer forbidden to go inter the
room there wild yer basket" sez he. 81
amp sez l. "Who sez so?'' ''Mr. Gas
kell,'' sez he. ''This stand is yours, an
all that's in it, sez he, San yer to keep
on yer own premises
An with that ovid Mr.. Gaskell KEN
out an spoke up: 'Yis, Mrs. McAvoy,
an don't be daymoralizin' my clarks, ;"
sez he "God bless you, sir" sez l, ''an'
may heaven be yer last feather bedn' an
I've been here ever since, sir an that's
the whole story. Bad scran to yer, ye lit
tie rascal of newsb'y, are ye strivin' to
stale the paynuts? Git out.-7homas
Dunn English, in NJ 7. Mercury.